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An audiobook production of American Government 3e, an OpenStax textbook. This textbook provides an introduction to US government and civics, and is used widely as in college-level Political Science courses. OpenStax textbooks and this podcast are offered under a Creative Commons license (CC-BY-SA). Text available for free at https://openstax.org. Narrated by Brian Barrick and Sarah Arya (audiobook@fastmail.com).

American Government 3e - OpenStax Audiobook Openstax Audiobook

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An audiobook production of American Government 3e, an OpenStax textbook. This textbook provides an introduction to US government and civics, and is used widely as in college-level Political Science courses. OpenStax textbooks and this podcast are offered under a Creative Commons license (CC-BY-SA). Text available for free at https://openstax.org. Narrated by Brian Barrick and Sarah Arya (audiobook@fastmail.com).

    Chapter 17 - Foreign Policy

    Chapter 17 - Foreign Policy

    What are the main foreign policy goals of the United States? How do the president and Congress interact in the foreign policy realm? In what different ways might foreign policy be pursued? This chapter will delve into these and other issues to present an overview U.S. foreign policy.

    Chapter 16 - Foreign Policy.  An audiobook production of American Government 3e, an OpenStax textbook. This textbook provides an introduction to US government and civics, and is used widely in college-level Political Science courses. OpenStax textbooks and this podcast are offered under a Creative Commons license (CC-BY-SA). Text available for free at https://openstax.org. Narrated by Brian Barrick and Sarah Arya (audiobook@fastmail.com).     

    🎧 PODCAST LINKS:     
    • Spotify:  https://spoti.fi/3cCP7mM      
    • Apple Podcasts:  https://apple.co/3ShUeJt     
    • Google Podcasts:  https://bit.ly/3bmYA1f     
    • YouTube Playlist:  http://bit.ly/3u1K4BX           

    ⏳ TIME STAMPS:     
    0:00:00 - Welcome
    0:38:00 - Introduction
    0:02:27 - Defining Foreign Policy (17.1)
    0:35:44 - Foreign Policy Instruments (17.2)
    0:54:53 - Institutional Relations in Foreign Policy (17.3)
    1:16:58 - Approaches to Foreign Policy (17.4)
    1:37:01 - Credits

    📝 LICENSE INFORMATION:  
    This is an audio adaptation of American Government 3e by OpenStax.  Access for free at openstax.org. Some editorial changes were made to ensure a better listening experience.  The audio from this project is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY-SA-4.0).  The video portion only of this project includes some licensed components and is not covered under the Creative Commons license.  

    The intro and outro music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar (CC-BY-SA). [https://bit.ly/jahzzarsong]     

    📧 CONNECT:
    You can contact the producer of this project by emailing audiobook@fastmail.com    

    🤝 SPECIAL THANKS:  
    The funding for this project was provided by CC-ECHO (California Consortium for Equitable Change in Hispanic Serving Institutions Open Educational Resources). You can learn more about CC-ECHO at https://www.hancockcollege.edu/ccecho.

    The contents of this audiobook were developed under an Open Textbooks Pilot grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education.  However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

    • 1 hr 38 min
    Chapter 16 - Domestic Policy

    Chapter 16 - Domestic Policy

    What is public policy? How do different areas of policy differ, and what roles do policy analysts and advocates play? What programs does the national government currently provide? And how do budgetary policy and politics operate? This chapter answers these questions and more.

    Chapter 16 - Domestic Policy.  An audiobook production of American Government 3e, an OpenStax textbook. This textbook provides an introduction to US government and civics, and is used widely in college-level Political Science courses. OpenStax textbooks and this podcast are offered under a Creative Commons license (CC-BY-SA). Text available for free at https://openstax.org. Narrated by Brian Barrick and Sarah Arya (audiobook@fastmail.com).     

    🎧 PODCAST LINKS:     
    • Spotify:  https://spoti.fi/3cCP7mM      
    • Apple Podcasts:  https://apple.co/3ShUeJt     
    • Google Podcasts:  https://bit.ly/3bmYA1f     
    • YouTube Playlist:  http://bit.ly/3u1K4BX           

    ⏳ TIME STAMPS:     
    0:00:00 - Welcome
    0:38:00 - Introduction
    0:02:59 - What Is Public Policy? (16.1)
    0:15:39 - Categorizing Public Policy (16.2)
    0:38:04 - Policy Arenas (16.3)
    0:55:09 - Policymakers (16.4)
    1:12:27 - Budgeting and Tax Policy (16.5)
    1:34:35 - Credits

    📝 LICENSE INFORMATION:  
    This is an audio adaptation of American Government 3e by OpenStax.  Access for free at openstax.org. Some editorial changes were made to ensure a better listening experience.  The audio from this project is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY-SA-4.0).  The video portion only of this project includes some licensed components and is not covered under the Creative Commons license.  

    The intro and outro music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar (CC-BY-SA). [https://bit.ly/jahzzarsong]     

    📧 CONNECT:
    You can contact the producer of this project by emailing audiobook@fastmail.com    

    🤝 SPECIAL THANKS:  
    The funding for this project was provided by CC-ECHO (California Consortium for Equitable Change in Hispanic Serving Institutions Open Educational Resources). You can learn more about CC-ECHO at https://www.hancockcollege.edu/ccecho.

    The contents of this audiobook were developed under an Open Textbooks Pilot grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education.  However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

    • 1 hr 35 min
    Chapter 15 - The Bureaucracy

    Chapter 15 - The Bureaucracy

    What roles do professional government employees carry out? Who are they, and how and why do they acquire their jobs? How do they run the programs of government enacted by elected leaders? Who makes the rules of a bureaucracy? This chapter uncovers the answers to these questions and many more.

    Chapter 15 - The Bureaucracy.  An audiobook production of American Government 3e, an OpenStax textbook. This textbook provides an introduction to US government and civics, and is used widely in college-level Political Science courses. OpenStax textbooks and this podcast are offered under a Creative Commons license (CC-BY-SA). Text available for free at https://openstax.org. Narrated by Brian Barrick and Sarah Arya (audiobook@fastmail.com).     

    🎧 PODCAST LINKS:     
    • Spotify:  https://spoti.fi/3cCP7mM      
    • Apple Podcasts:  https://apple.co/3ShUeJt     
    • Google Podcasts:  https://bit.ly/3bmYA1f     
    • YouTube Playlist:  http://bit.ly/3u1K4BX           

    ⏳ TIME STAMPS:     
    0:00:00 - Welcome
    0:00:37 - Introduction
    0:02:04 - Bureaucracy and the Evolution of Public Administration (15.1)
    0:22:32 - Toward a Merit-Based Civil Service (15.2)
    0:37:49 - Understanding Bureaucracies and their Types (15.3)
    1:00:16 - Controlling the Bureaucracy (15.4)
    1:23:49 - Credits

    📝 LICENSE INFORMATION:  
    This is an audio adaptation of American Government 3e by OpenStax.  Access for free at openstax.org. Some editorial changes were made to ensure a better listening experience.  The audio from this project is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY-SA-4.0).  The video portion only of this project includes some licensed components and is not covered under the Creative Commons license.

    The intro and outro music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar (CC-BY-SA). [https://bit.ly/jahzzarsong]     

    📧 CONNECT:
    You can contact the producer of this project by emailing audiobook@fastmail.com    

    🤝 SPECIAL THANKS:  
    The funding for this project was provided by CC-ECHO (California Consortium for Equitable Change in Hispanic Serving Institutions Open Educational Resources). You can learn more about CC-ECHO at https://www.hancockcollege.edu/ccecho.

    The contents of this audiobook were developed under an Open Textbooks Pilot grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education.  However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

    • 1 hr 24 min
    Chapter 14 - State and Local Government

    Chapter 14 - State and Local Government

    How do state and local governments gain the authority to make these decisions, and how are their actions guided by cultural and other differences between the states? What tensions exist between national and state governments on policy matters, and what unique powers do mayors and governors enjoy? By answering these and other questions, this chapter explores the role of state and local governments in our lives.


    Chapter 14 -  State and Local Government.  An audiobook production of American Government 3e, an OpenStax textbook. This textbook provides an  introduction to US government and civics, and is used widely in college-level Political Science courses. OpenStax textbooks and this podcast are offered under a Creative Commons license (CC-BY-SA). Text available for free at https://openstax.org. Narrated by Brian Barrick and Sarah Arya (audiobook@fastmail.com).     


    🎧 PODCAST LINKS:     
    • Spotify:  https://spoti.fi/3cCP7mM      
    • Apple Podcasts:  https://apple.co/3ShUeJt     
    • Google Podcasts:  https://bit.ly/3bmYA1f     
    • YouTube Playlist:  http://bit.ly/3u1K4BX           


    ⏳ TIME STAMPS:     
    0:00:00 - Welcome
    0:00:38 - Introduction
    0:02:03 - State Power and Delegation (14.1)
    0:25:38 - State Political Culture (14.2)
    0:41:30 - Governors and State Legislatures (14.3)
    1:18:07 - State Legislative Term Limits (14.4)
    1:26:44 - County and City Government (14.5)
    1:33:20 - Credits


    📝 LICENSE INFORMATION:  
    This is an audio adaptation of American Government 3e by OpenStax.  Access for free at openstax.org. Some editorial changes were made to ensure a better listening experience.  The audio from this project is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY-SA-4.0).  The video portion only of this project includes some licensed components and is not covered under the Creative Commons license.  

    The intro and outro music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar (CC-BY-SA). [https://bit.ly/jahzzarsong]     


    📧CONNECT:
    You can contact the producer of this project by emailing audiobook@fastmail.com    


    🤝SPECIAL THANKS:  
    The funding for this project was provided by CC-ECHO (California Consortium for Equitable Change in Hispanic Serving Institutions Open Educational Resources). You can learn more about CC-ECHO at https://www.hancockcollege.edu/ccecho.

    The contents of this audiobook were developed under an Open Textbooks Pilot grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education.  However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

    • 1 hr 34 min
    Chapter 13 - The Courts

    Chapter 13 - The Courts

    How do the courts make decisions, and how do they exercise their power  to protect individual rights? How are the courts structured, and what  distinguishes the Supreme Court from all others? This chapter answers  these and other questions in delineating the power of the judiciary in  the United States.

    Chapter 13 - The Courts. An audiobook production of American Government 3e, an OpenStax textbook. This textbook provides an introduction to US government and civics, and is used widely in college-level Political Science courses. OpenStax textbooks and this podcast are offered under a Creative Commons license (CC-BY-SA). Text available for free at https://openstax.org. Narrated by Brian Barrick and Sarah Arya (audiobook@fastmail.com).



    🎧 PODCAST LINKS:     
    • Spotify:  https://spoti.fi/3cCP7mM      
    • Apple Podcasts:  https://apple.co/3ShUeJt     
    • Google Podcasts:  https://bit.ly/3bmYA1f     
    • YouTube Playlist:  http://bit.ly/3u1K4BX



    ⏳ TIME STAMPS:

    0:00:00 - Welcome

    0:00:31 - Introduction

    0:02:11 - Guardians of the Constitution and Individual Rights (13.1)

    0:26:14 - The Dual Court System (13.2)

    0:43:24 - The Federal Court System (13.3)

    1:00:00 - The Supreme Court (13.4)

    1:15:05 - Judicial Decision-Making and Implementation by the Supreme Court (13.5)

    1:29:36 - Credits



    📝 LICENSE INFORMATION:

    This is an audio adaptation of American Government 3e by OpenStax.  Access for free at openstax.org.  Some editorial changes were made to ensure a better listening experience.

    The audio from this project is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY-SA-4.0).  The video portion only of this project includes some licensed components and is not covered under the Creative Commons license.

    The intro and outro music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar (CC-BY-SA).  [https://bit.ly/jahzzarsong]



    📧CONNECT:

    You can contact the producer of this project by emailing audiobook@fastmail.com



    🤝SPECIAL THANKS:

    The funding for this project was provided by CC-ECHO (California Consortium for Equitable Change in Hispanic Serving Institutions Open Educational Resources).  You can learn more about CC-ECHO at https://www.hancockcollege.edu/ccecho.

    The contents of this audiobook were developed under an Open Textbooks Pilot grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education.  However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

    • 1 hr 30 min
    Chapter 12 - The Presidency

    Chapter 12 - The Presidency

    What are the powers, opportunities, and limitations of the presidency?  How does the chief executive lead in our contemporary political system?  What guides the chief executive's actions, including unilateral actions?  If it is most effective to work with others to get things done, how does the president do so? What can get in the way of this goal? This chapter answers these and other questions about the nation’s most  visible leader.


    Chapter 12 -  The Presidency.  An audiobook production of American Government 3e, an OpenStax textbook. This textbook provides an introduction to US  government and civics, and is used widely in college-level Political Science courses. OpenStax textbooks and this podcast are offered under a Creative Commons license (CC-BY-SA). Text  available for free at https://openstax.org. Narrated by Brian Barrick and Sarah Arya (audiobook@fastmail.com).   


    🎧 PODCAST LINKS:    
    • Spotify:  https://spoti.fi/3cCP7mM     
    • Apple Podcasts:  https://apple.co/3ShUeJt    
    • Google Podcasts:  https://bit.ly/3bmYA1f    
    • YouTube Playlist:  http://bit.ly/3u1K4BX         


    ⏳ TIME STAMPS:    
    0:00:00 - Welcome
    0:00:37 - Introduction
    0:02:32 - The Design and Evolution of the Presidency (12.1)
    0:28:35 - The Presidential Election Process (12.2)
    0:45:18 - Organizing to Govern (12.3)
    1:06:42 - The Public Presidency (12.4)
    1:21:06 - Presidential Governance: Direct Presidential Action (12.5)
    1:46:17 - Credits


    📝 LICENSE INFORMATION:
    This is an audio adaptation of American Government 3e by OpenStax. Access for free at openstax.org. Some editorial changes were made to ensure a better listening experience.  The audio from this project is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY-SA-4.0).  The video portion only of this project includes some licensed components and is not covered under the Creative Commons license.  

    The intro and outro music is “Take Me Higher” by Jahzzar (CC-BY-SA). [https://bit.ly/jahzzarsong]  


    📧CONNECT:    
    You can contact the producer of this project by emailing audiobook@fastmail.com  


    🤝SPECIAL THANKS:
    The funding for this project was provided by CC-ECHO (California Consortium for Equitable Change in Hispanic Serving Institutions Open Educational Resources). You can learn more about CC-ECHO at https://www.hancockcollege.edu/ccecho.

    The contents of this audiobook were developed under an Open Textbooks Pilot grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education.  However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

    • 1 hr 47 min

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